His early training in scholarship had not been accurate, and he suffered from the blunders of his education.

But under the influence of excitement he had so far made up for lost time that he got, like Hurrell, a second class in the final classical schools.

His qualified success gave him, no satisfaction.

He was suffering from a bitter sense of disappointment and wrong.

It seemed to him that he was marked out for misfortune, and that there was no one to help him or to take any trouble about him.